Posted by
Rude One
It would have been so easy, so unbelievably easy, for Donald Trump to
have been the hero when it came to coronavirus. He had his chance, his
bullhorn on the wreckage, his "tear down this wall." And it would have
been with absolutely minimal effort. With a wave of his hand, the
signing of a couple of documents, and a speech to the nation, Trump
could have so easily done what was needed to mitigate the effects of
COVID-19 before it started its snowballing rampage. He could have
quickly hired a pandemic team, as he said he could, then ramped up
testing early, used the Defense Production Act to produce what's
necessary if the pandemic got out of hand in the U.S., and instituted a
national lockdown policy. If he had told his MAGA hordes to stay at
home, they would have done it in a heartbeat and thanked him for his
wisdom. Fox "news" would have extolled him for his powerful foresight.
Much of the country would have looked at Italy and Spain and breathed an
enormous sigh of relief that Trump had listened to the scientists and
acted.
At so many points along the way to where we are now in this increasingly
dire situation, Trump could have acted to mitigate the shit-twister
that's about to engulf us. But he didn't. He didn't and now we're
sitting here like people in the basement, hearing the horns and alarms,
and watching all the idiots in our town run around and tell us it's all
fine, come on out. And we're wondering when the shit-twister is gonna
hit and knowing that even if it doesn't wipe out our house, it's gonna
fuck up a lot of other places and leave it all covered in shit.
Instead of action, we get Trump's entire mobster ethos on steroids:
threatening anyone who crosses him and lying about everything in order
to make him look good.
We know
that Trump inflated his worth when it benefited him so he didn't seem
like a broke loser to lenders. We know that Trump lied about how much
his properties were worth when it came to real estate taxes.
We know
that Trump lied about his investment in properties that he hadn't
invested in at all. We know that Trump lied about how many units were
sold at developments. He lied about the quality of his fuckin' steaks.
He's a fucking con man, always trying to get people to buy into the
grift.
We know that. It just had always been about money until now. That it's
actual life and death at stake during our COVID-19 pandemic makes his
response that much more flagrantly callous. At his fucked up hate
rallies, Trump is fond of saying to African Americans, "What the hell do
you have to lose?" when it came to voting for him, as if electing a
president ought to be a roll of the dice at a ten-cent table at a cheap
casino. Now he's saying it when it comes to using drugs that aren't
proven to be
effective
on coronavirus patients. At one of those worthless press conferences he
has daily, he said about the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine,
"Let’s see what happens. We have nothing to lose. You know the
expression: What the hell do you have to lose? Okay?" Except, you know,
for everything they have to lose.
Back when it was money, people could sue him and his bullshit
corporation, but he could tie shit up in courts until they gave up. Now,
the people affected are dead so...no lawsuits. It doesn't matter if he
doesn't know anything beyond what he's seen on Fox "news" or its inbred,
mutant offspring, One America News.
And when he's cornered or threatened or even contradicted, Trump has two
responses: brutish denial (as in his response when asked about firing
the CDC's pandemic task force) and brutish bullying.
Trump sees the
Treasury of the United States as his piggy bank and the agencies of the
United States as his Mafia. Quid pro quo-ing like a champ, Trump
said
of governors who ask for help, "It’s a two-way street. They have to
treat us well also. They can’t say, 'Oh gee, we should get this, we
should get that.'" Why the fuck shouldn't they? Why the fuck shouldn't a
governor advocate for their state? Why should they have to pleasure the
king to get what they need? Motherfuckin' New York has been propping up
the country for decades now, sending far more income tax money to DC
than it receives in benefit. Fuckin' Alabama would be a graveyard and a
parking lot without New York (and other states that give more than they
get).
You know what this savage cockflea of a fake
resident probably thinks?
Right now, most of the states with the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases
are led by Democrats. That's gonna change when Texas and Florida
explode and Tennessee and Georgia peak, but right now, New York, New
Jersey, California, Illinois, Michigan, and Louisiana are where the
highest numbers of cases are, all with Democratic governors. He can
blame governors for now because he's just draggin' the Dems.
And look at the way he talked about the Defense Production Act: "Private
companies are heeding our call to produce medical equipment and
supplies because they know that we will not hesitate to invoke the DPA
in order to get them to do what they have to do. It’s called leverage.
You don’t have to use it from the standpoint of — actually, it’s been
activated, but you don’t have to use it. But the threat of it being
there is great leverage. And companies are doing as we ask...We didn’t
have to exercise or utilize the DPA in any way. The fact that we have
it helps, but we didn’t have to."
The DPA is not a threat. It's actually a guarantee to companies that
what they produce will be purchased. It's a help, not a hindrance. And
this fuckin' cut-rate Corleone is wielding it like a knife at the throat
of the children of CEO's. That's why governors are confused by Trump's
refusal to put the DPA into action. It's not a negative thing. And the
reason is that it's more important that Trump look like a tough guy who
can cajole and make deals than that he's just fuckin' following the law.
This gets us to the delusional idea that the country will be able to get
back to normal on Easter. It's purely marketing. This week, Trump has
been on a phone call with "religious leaders" and another with
"conservative leaders." You know these fake Christian motherfuckers
wanted to have a branding tool, like "America will be resurrected just
like Jesus" (which means somehow they'll blame the virus on the Jews).
And this also taps into Trump's usual con: his promising of something
amazing - a wall built by Mexico, for instance, or an incredible health
care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act - that will never happen,
but it convinces the dumbasses who believe in him that he's magical and
mighty.
It won't matter that, come Easter, we won't be crowding into the streets
to watch bonnet parades or into churches to celebrate when Jesus fucked
a bunny into laying eggs or whatever happened then.
And, like he did
today in
goddamn tweet,
Trump will blame the media and the Democrats, and those same people who
believe him now will believe him then. We better get used to the idea
that hundreds of thousands of MAGA idiots could die from coronavirus,
and the rest will still fucking love Trump.
Fuck, I hate this motherfucker.
Honestly, if I saw a grizzly bear raping Donald Trump, I'd give the bear Viagra.
